Paradachshund
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- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 1 hour ago:
I also would love to see this!
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 1 hour ago:
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- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 7 hours ago:
Thanks for writing all that! I’m interested as someone who isn’t asexual, so I find your perspective really interesting since it’s not something I can personally experience.
I haven’t played mass effect, but that write up mirrors how I’ve felt about a lot of games with tacked on romance. Also, as someone who does enjoy sex, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a good sex scene in a game. Baldur’s Gate 3, for all the hype about the sex in it, was still pretty weak imo. You’re not missing much in other words!
I mentioned it in another comment on this thread about BG3, but it sounds like mass effect also went with the “player-sexual” approach, meaning every character is into you no matter who you are. I find that approach really off-putting personally. I would much rather have characters love or hate you based on the character you made. This means you could even try and get shot down, which would be a nice realistic image of dating where that is always very possible (even more bonus points if a game let you fuck up the relationship after it started).
I like how you emphasize the focus on a relationship in Haven. I think most romances in games are dating simulators, not relationship simulators, and I hadn’t been able to put that into words until you said all this.
I’m someone who has always preferred the stability and comfort of an established relationship over the high stakes feeling of dating, but that’s not true for everyone. Some people who only like the beginning, and once things settle they lose interest. I’ve been happily married for a long time, and I don’t miss dating at all. It seems like there need to be more relationship simulations so that people like you and I can enjoy romance in games more!
- Comment on ‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront 10 hours ago:
I agree with that, but negative reviews also affect the algorithm. If enough of those reviews drown out positive ones it will reduce the chance you see the game at all.
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 10 hours ago:
If you don’t mind sharing, what are the differences in how sex is portrayed in this game vs how you don’t like it?
- Comment on Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps 12 hours ago:
I think it also makes them feel more shallow because the characters are all “player-sexual” to use an industry term. Basically every character is into you if you want them to be.
I’d love to see more games have characters with preset likes and dislikes and how you’ve built and played your character will determine who will be interested (and who will shoot you down!)
- Comment on Been putting a lot of thought into this 3 days ago:
Taking off your belt and switching to pajama pants.
- Comment on Valentines Scam Alert 5 days ago:
Can confirm. Me and my wife are just trying to make you feel bad.
- Comment on Remedy's new CEO is a former sports betting guy and EA executive who aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value' 6 days ago:
“Art is something that we think is a little outdated in the modern business landscape” - this guy probably.
- Comment on Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face 1 week ago:
- Comment on As player numbers fall, Highguard makes the actually-quite-good 5v5 mode permanent 1 week ago:
I agree, and the performance thing was my suspicion as well. It just seems off to have a large scale siege game be so small.
To be honest 5v5 still seems kinda small on paper to me, but I haven’t played it.
The focus on player dropoff is always misleading. Free to play games always lose massive numbers of players within the first week generally. What matters is who’s left, and what the company’s operating budget is. 10k players or even less can be plenty for a small team for instance. With such small player team sizes in-game, that would also be more than enough for a populated feeling queue.
- Comment on Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) 2 weeks ago:
Welcome to the stock market: where the money’s made up and the rules don’t matter!
- Comment on Bears or no bears? 2 weeks ago:
Chat, is this true?
- Comment on GOG now using AI generated images on their store 2 weeks ago:
Not always a good plan when you’re managing business relationships. It’s great when you can have that kind of dialog with a client, but diplomacy is a tricky dance sometimes.
- Comment on Ignoring all the hype (and hate), Highguard needs a lot of work - SkillUp 2 weeks ago:
The team size is so baffling to me in this game, but I’ve been wondering after watching this if it’s actually a performance thing.
It sounds like the game is woefully poorly optimized, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it can’t handle a more fun number of players.
- Comment on cats are so silly 2 weeks ago:
Mine wants to smell it and also eat it.
- Comment on Anon likes pizza 2 weeks ago:
I noticed this when I visited Marseille recently. I couldn’t believe how cheap pizza is!
It’s not uncommon to see large pizzas for $30+ in my area (which tbf is expensive even for america). I think American pizza does often have more toppings, but not enough more.
- Comment on GOG now using AI generated images on their store 2 weeks ago:
I’m a graphic designer, and I’ve been kind of amazed how many people like to show me the graphic/logo/whatever AI made for them. They don’t seem to get that they’re just rubbing in my face that they don’t want to pay an artist…
It always looks kinda crappy too, so I just have to fake the reaction all around.
- Comment on Bug ID 3 weeks ago:
I think that’s a zoetrope
- Comment on PC game recommendation for my partner and I 3 weeks ago:
Do you like puzzle games? I played Blue Prince with my wife and that was pretty fun. She’s not much of a gamer, so I just drove and she took notes. We talked about decisions/speculated on puzzles together.
- Comment on Wasting your life because you just can't let it go 3 weeks ago:
Perfectionism be like–
- Comment on Attractive people 3 weeks ago:
Not in a zombie way
This sounds suspiciously like what a zombie would say. 🤨
- Comment on what an odd reoccurring pattern 3 weeks ago:
Goes hand in hand with debate bros who try to apply formal debate rules to every conversation.
- Comment on Interesting 4 weeks ago:
Spending Small Protect Sinking
- Comment on 👁️👄👁️ 4 weeks ago:
Looks like Sam altman
- Comment on Sincere question: why play long video games? 4 weeks ago:
I love Cyan games. Not just Myst, I still play whatever they put out to this day.
I first experienced those games watching my dad play them, so they were very formational for me. I went on to play lots of other point and click adventure games, too.
I haven’t done much with VR. I don’t own any of the tech and I’ve only tried it once. To be honest it was a bit nauseating for me so I haven’t had much desire to try it again.
So would you rather be able to experience your own ideas, since you don’t like experiencing other people’s? For me getting to see an imagined setting is very fun (when it’s a good one). Same goes for movies and books. I’ve always been a fantasy and SciFi fan (though I hate generic fantasy and scifi, it needs to be an interesting setting I haven’t seen before for me to really get into it)
- Comment on Sincere question: why play long video games? 4 weeks ago:
For me my favorite thing in games is exploring and being immersed in a world I could never experience in real life. Because of that I enjoy a lot of big open world games that do tend to be long. For me I really enjoy poking around and finding all the nooks and crannies, so having a big world with lots of that means more fun to be had!
- Comment on Clever 4 weeks ago:
Not in west coast american English at least. I don’t think I would ever mix these up where I live either.
- Comment on Get this filth out of my sight 5 weeks ago:
I think it must not be a thing for everyone cause I’ve never related to the post clarity thing either.
- Comment on Happened to look up "ghoul" on Wikipedia 5 weeks ago:
I think in the us it is dramatically larger for iOS. Last time I checked I think it was 75% share?
